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Ceridian HCM (CDAY) Competitors

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$58.10 +1.50 (+2.65%)
As of 07/8/2025

CDAY vs. ALTR, SMAR, CCCS, PYCR, ZI, SWI, SVFCX, MTTR, ZUO, and ENFN

Should you be buying Ceridian HCM stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Ceridian HCM include Altair Engineering (ALTR), Smartsheet (SMAR), CCC Intelligent Solutions (CCCS), Paycor HCM (PYCR), ZoomInfo Technologies (ZI), SolarWinds (SWI), Smead Value C (SVFCX), Matterport (MTTR), Zuora (ZUO), and Enfusion (ENFN).

Ceridian HCM vs. Its Competitors

Altair Engineering (NASDAQ:ALTR) and Ceridian HCM (NYSE:CDAY) are both mid-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, risk, institutional ownership, valuation, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, dividends and profitability.

Altair Engineering has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Ceridian HCM. Altair Engineering is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Ceridian HCM, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Altair Engineering$665.79M14.41$14.18M$0.17657.94
Ceridian HCM$1.45B6.26-$73.40M$0.031,936.67

63.4% of Altair Engineering shares are held by institutional investors. 21.8% of Altair Engineering shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 4.5% of Ceridian HCM shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Altair Engineering has a beta of 1.45, meaning that its stock price is 45% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Ceridian HCM has a beta of 1.38, meaning that its stock price is 38% more volatile than the S&P 500.

In the previous week, Altair Engineering's average media sentiment score of 0.00 equaled Ceridian HCM'saverage media sentiment score.

Company Overall Sentiment
Altair Engineering Neutral
Ceridian HCM Neutral

Altair Engineering has a net margin of 2.13% compared to Ceridian HCM's net margin of 0.28%. Altair Engineering's return on equity of 8.08% beat Ceridian HCM's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Altair Engineering2.13% 8.08% 4.74%
Ceridian HCM 0.28%2.03%0.51%

Altair Engineering presently has a consensus target price of $100.83, suggesting a potential downside of 9.85%. Given Altair Engineering's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Altair Engineering is more favorable than Ceridian HCM.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Altair Engineering
1 Sell rating(s)
7 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
1.88
Ceridian HCM
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
0.00

Summary

Altair Engineering beats Ceridian HCM on 11 of the 13 factors compared between the two stocks.

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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CDAY vs. The Competition

MetricCeridian HCMPrepackaged software IndustryComputer SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$9.07B$5.59B$27.55B$20.49B
Dividend YieldN/A1.62%3.13%3.74%
P/E Ratio1,937.31148.8037.4227.90
Price / Sales6.264.331,903.3839.35
Price / Cash153.0458.3538.4422.25
Price / Book4.184.767.274.59
Net Income-$73.40M$36.12M$764.25M$982.91M
7 Day Performance4.68%-1.71%0.80%0.11%
1 Month Performance-1.79%-1.94%5.16%3.55%
1 Year Performance20.24%40.69%52,446.07%13.79%

Ceridian HCM Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
CDAY
Ceridian HCM
N/A$58.10
+2.7%
N/A+20.2%$9.07B$1.45B1,937.318,526
ALTR
Altair Engineering
1.4321 of 5 stars
$111.85
flat
$100.83
-9.8%
N/A$9.60B$665.79M657.943,000
SMAR
Smartsheet
0.9894 of 5 stars
$56.47
flat
$57.00
+0.9%
N/A$7.91B$958.34M-941.173,330News Coverage
CCCS
CCC Intelligent Solutions
3.7059 of 5 stars
$9.70
-0.5%
$12.06
+24.4%
-11.4%$6.39B$969.13M485.242,350Positive News
PYCR
Paycor HCM
N/A$22.49
flat
$21.70
-3.5%
N/A$4.09B$699.73M-187.40460
ZI
ZoomInfo Technologies
0.8531 of 5 stars
$10.26
+2.2%
$10.63
+3.6%
-18.6%$3.51B$1.21B342.113,540Positive News
SWI
SolarWinds
1.0566 of 5 stars
$18.49
flat
$18.00
-2.7%
N/A$3.20B$796.90M29.352,300
SVFCX
Smead Value C
N/A$74.51
-0.4%
N/AN/A$3.06BN/A0.002
MTTR
Matterport
N/A$5.38
flat
N/AN/A$1.74B$169.70M-6.48590
ZUO
Zuora
N/A$10.02
flat
$12.00
+19.8%
N/A$1.54B$431.66M-20.451,390
ENFN
Enfusion
N/A$10.85
+0.5%
$12.25
+12.9%
+26.7%$1.40B$201.61M271.29890High Trading Volume

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This page (NYSE:CDAY) was last updated on 7/10/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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